Experience
Research Experience
A chronological record of research positions, from M.Tech research at NIT Hamirpur through doctoral work at IIT Roorkee to a Project Scientist appointment at IIT Kanpur.
Positions
Research appointments
August 2025 – November 2025
Project Scientist
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Department of Sustainable Energy and Engineering
Kanpur, India
- Contributed to cathode-material and solid-state electrolyte-component development for sodium-ion battery systems.
- Participated in experimental planning and materials synthesis.
- Conducted electrochemical testing.
- Interpreted sodium-ion battery performance.
- Integrated Li-S and Na-S research experience with sodium-ion and solid-state component development.
January 2018 – July 2025
Doctoral Researcher
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Roorkee, India
Supervisor: Prof. Anjan Sil
Thesis: Cathode architecture and cell design for Lithium-Sulfur batteries
- Designed Li-S cathode architectures and cell components.
- Developed porous carbon, metal oxide and metal sulfide materials.
- Developed functional separators and interlayers.
- Fabricated coin cells in controlled glove-box environments.
- Conducted CV, GCD, EIS, rate capability and cycling studies.
- Performed post-mortem structural and chemical analysis.
- Investigated polysulfide conversion and cell-degradation mechanisms.
July 2015 – May 2017
M.Tech Researcher
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur
Materials Science and Engineering
Hamirpur, India
Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Single-Phase Zinc Stannate
- Synthesised zinc stannate using sol-gel methods.
- Optimised reaction conditions.
- Investigated structural, chemical and optical characteristics.
- Studied phase formation and structure-property relationships.
Academic references are available upon formal request.
Education
Academic qualifications
January 2018 – July 2025
Ph.D.
Materials Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
- Thesis
- Cathode architecture and cell design for Lithium-Sulfur batteries
July 2015 – May 2017
M.Tech
Materials Science and Engineering
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur
- CGPA
- 8.68 / 10
- Recognition
- Gold Medalist
July 2010 – May 2014
B.Tech
Mechanical Engineering
Dehradun Institute of Technology
- Percentage
- 73.73%
Technical Expertise
Methods, instrumentation and software
Capabilities applied directly in synthesis, cell fabrication, electrochemical evaluation and post-mortem analysis.
Battery Systems
- Lithium-sulfur batteries
- Sodium-sulfur batteries
- Lithium-ion batteries
- Sodium-ion batteries
- Solid-state battery components
- Quasi-solid-state battery components
Materials Synthesis
- Hydrothermal synthesis
- Sol-gel synthesis
- Porous carbon synthesis
- Metal oxide nanostructures
- Metal sulfide nanostructures
- Heteroatom-doped carbon materials
Electrochemical Methods
- Coin-cell fabrication
- Glove-box handling
- Cyclic voltammetry
- Galvanostatic charge-discharge
- Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
- GITT
- Rate-capability evaluation
- Long-term cycling
- Plating and stripping analysis
Characterisation
- FE-SEM
- XRD
- Rietveld refinement
- Raman spectroscopy
- UV-Visible spectroscopy
- XPS
- HR-TEM
- EELS
- TGA
- BET surface-area analysis
- Pore-size analysis
- Post-mortem battery characterisation
Software
- HighScore Plus
- PDXL
- Digital Micrograph
- XPS Peak Analyser
- Origin
- FULLPROF
- ImageJ
- Mercury
- Avogadro
- Gaussian 16
Award
Recognition
Gold Medal
M.Tech in Materials Science and Engineering
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur
Conferences
Conference presentations
11–12 March 2024
Ceramics for Frontier Sectors: Emerging Advances and Prospects
IIT Roorkee
2–4 February 2023
International Conference on Advances in Renewable Energy, CARE 2023
Harishchandra Research Institute, Prayagraj
17–19 October 2022
Advances in Materials and Processing: Challenges and Opportunities, AMPCO 2022
IIT Roorkee
15–16 November 2019
NMD ATM 2019
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala